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69. I thought a "cracker" was just a person from Georgia?

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #22)

Tue Dec 9, 2014, 05:47 PM

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Let me get this straight, re: the suddenly acceptable racial slur [View all] Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 OP

link? hrmjustin Dec 2014 #1

A lot twisted panties here... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #2

Thanks for the link. hrmjustin Dec 2014 #5

seriously. uppityperson Dec 2014 #30

You aren't supposed to say "twisted panties" or "panties in a wad" it is sexist and in some cases snooper2 Dec 2014 #12

I shall wear my alert proudly. TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #13

I always thought that annabanana Dec 2014 #3

Words in and of themselves don't oppress people gollygee Dec 2014 #4

Words, no AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #14

No gollygee Dec 2014 #17

Racial slurs don't have to 'oppress' AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #18

Sexism is a form of oppression. Lancero Dec 2014 #76

Not of racial oppression. gollygee Dec 2014 #77

I'm listening to you JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #6

The general approach to slurs lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #7

I agree. cyberswede Dec 2014 #10

I'm not an entirely disagreeable fellow. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #28

+1 nt Zorra Dec 2014 #11

Who called you a stupid cracker? Link? morningfog Dec 2014 #20

Are you saying that I am the good kind of white person... lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #24

I asked who called you a cracker. I have no idea what kind of white person you are. morningfog Dec 2014 #32

Set aside the slur for the moment. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #35

The thread was about crackers infiltrating, not white people. morningfog Dec 2014 #39

"Too many crackers in our society who are indifferent" lumberjack_jeff Dec 2014 #43

Indifferent racist crackers. morningfog Dec 2014 #73

you are creating your own definition of the word Mosby Dec 2014 #74

Well, clearly not, since you're outraged Recursion Dec 2014 #8

Are racial slurs ever acceptable? AgingAmerican Dec 2014 #15

Some of my favorite comedians use them. (nt) Recursion Dec 2014 #16

No doubt, you can find a cross to hang from in comfortable and complacent martyrdom on Amazon. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #9

Cracker is not a slur, settle down. morningfog Dec 2014 #19

White people aren't oppressed by it treestar Dec 2014 #21

craik: Gaelic for "chat" KamaAina Dec 2014 #22

I thought a "cracker" was just a person from Georgia? Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #69

Actually, the term is probably in widest use in Florida KamaAina Dec 2014 #70

And at last! The word 'cracker' comes from craik and as 'cracker' is found in Shakespeare among Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #75

It's a slur, not oppression in and of itself. n/t Orsino Dec 2014 #23

"Traditionally" white U.S.A. is a racist, apartheid, mean-spirited nation. hunter Dec 2014 #25

Your post is a good reason to add you to my ignore list upaloopa Dec 2014 #27

Heh. I'm a white male who grew up in a 99.44 % pure white community. hunter Dec 2014 #29

Extremely apt reference tkmorris Dec 2014 #31

It doesn't matter where the statement originates upaloopa Dec 2014 #38

Group Guilt? Really? hunter Dec 2014 #42

You deal in absolutes and blanket statements. upaloopa Dec 2014 #47

Read my journal and search my posts here on DU. hunter Dec 2014 #57

How old are you just asking. upaloopa Dec 2014 #63

I'm a decade younger than you. hunter Dec 2014 #72

How big??? bravenak Dec 2014 #58

More than big enough to most people who have seen me naked in warmer waters. hunter Dec 2014 #61

Oooh la la!!! bravenak Dec 2014 #62

the world YOU write about there hfojvt Dec 2014 #45

So I've figured... hunter Dec 2014 #50

If you apply the definition of racism and upaloopa Dec 2014 #26

Cracker is just another way of saying "poor white trash". Xithras Dec 2014 #33

Jesus fucking Christ on a pogo stick half my ancestor are whites fleeing Europe, "poor white trash." hunter Dec 2014 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Dec 2014 #34

In what universe is calling a white person a cracker "oppressing" them? Sheldon Cooper Dec 2014 #36

I'm now convinced it's not at all, and in fact is a perfectly good substitute for "white." Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #37

You are making progress. Now, let's move on to honkey. morningfog Dec 2014 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #44

Good. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2014 #53

Now I can focus on the crackers running in 2016. Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #54

There ya go. That's the spirit! HappyMe Dec 2014 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #68

Too bad you merely gave-in rather than attempted to understand historical and social context. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #67

Cracker (pejorative) cpwm17 Dec 2014 #46

Thanks, but I'm familiar with the definition. Sheldon Cooper Dec 2014 #51

It's about hate cpwm17 Dec 2014 #66

it's like that time straight people were oppressed with the word breeder La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2014 #79

well look what happened after that - them gays took all the marriage rights Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #81

and "I am just a dumb colonist" hfojvt Dec 2014 #41

Last line really nailed it! ieoeja Dec 2014 #49

Well, when one thread goes down, that's cause to start another, equally breathless one Scootaloo Dec 2014 #52

Being both boring and predictable. Starry Messenger Dec 2014 #55

I'm sorry, I consider it an apt term for people like Cliven Bundy, Ted Nugent, lots Hoyt Dec 2014 #56

So this is a thread about racism against white people? SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #60

It is a slur. Behind the Aegis Dec 2014 #64

I'm 3/4 white and I don't find the term cracker offensive. To me a cracker is just a saltine. Louisiana1976 Dec 2014 #65

I was born a cracker in central Florida Warpy Dec 2014 #78

if every third post of yours wasn't an attempt to show that people of color, and especially alcibiades_mystery Dec 2014 #71

What Eleanor Roosevelt had to say about this... HereSince1628 Dec 2014 #80